Immigration advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration, saying they are illegally shutting down asylum access at the southern border and putting people fleeing war and persecution in harm’s way.

President Trump issued a raft of executive orders that effectively block migrants from entering the United States and applying for asylum, closing off major legal channels for immigration.

Immigration advocacy groups on Monday sued the Trump administration over its ban on asylum access at the southern border, saying the sweeping

The advocates challenge Trump's Jan. 20 executive order, which declares an invasion at the southern border, closes the border and opens asylum-seekers to deportation, arguing it clearly undermines Congress' intent in passing the Immigration and Nationality Act.

A coalition of immigrant advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington on Monday, arguing that President Trump’s order shutting the United States’ southern border to asylum seekers was unlawful.